so i'm doing a 100 set challenge in r/100sets. Let me know if I should keep putting FRs here or in 100sets.

Today I decided to just smile at everyone I met, looks like it works.

7: HB8 Got into convo with cashier at Panera bread, she told me I look like just one of the guys from flight of the conchords. "You could be his doppelganger." Will have to check that show out and see what his avatar is like ;) Didn't stay once I had bought my food.

(doesn't count, but opened a convo with this guy at the table next to me about Android vs. iPhone)

8: After lunch at panera, HB8 girl on line at Barnes and Noble opens me! (or maybe I told her I wasn't on line first) Got into a conversation about... I don't even remember what. She was on line and I wasn't (Checking out one of the nook tablets) and like the rAFC I am, I let the line carry her away from me. The fact that I can't remember what we talked about tells me I need to work a lot more about being in the conversation. Fly the airplane!

9: Cold opened a woman who was looking at Nook covers at B&N, opened by asking if they were journals or something. When she turned around I realized she was an older asian MILF, but still probably an HB7. She was very friendly and I kept the convo going for a while, till I could tell she was starting to wonder why I was talking to her. Let it fizzle and moved on with my day.

B&N seems to be a great place for day game.

10: Opened a 2-set (achievement unlocked) at the gym on the eliptical machines, used a situational opener about the stupid new locks they have in the locker rooms. Target didn't really get what I was asking about and the friend was disinterested too. I think the girls locker room still has the old, superior locks. Blown out.

11: Did an experiment. Opened a HB8 who I had spotted earlier wearing a PONG t-shirt. Opened her asking where she got it (urban outfitters of course) and then ejected prematurely on purpose. Starting to walk away and she spun around with this hey come back here! smile on her face. Came back for a few more seconds of banter and then said "see ya!" and left. She was confused. I guess that's an existence proof for the false takeaway. I kinda wonder if she would have actually followed me if she wasn't on a cardio machine at the time.

Observations: Day game was much less stressful than night game for me. Looking forward to the next chance for night game to see if that goes easier now.

I'm starting to notice a change in the way I look at the world and behave in the field (which I guess is really anywhere in The Big Room). Finding it easier to talk to everyone, guys and girls, and when I smile, they open up. Also not afraid to look at a girl from across a room or as she walks past, not stare, but check her out, meet her eye, stuff that would cause a severe socially awkward penguin response in me even a week ago. In fact a week ago I wouldn't even see her sometimes, like my brain had developed a blind spot around many HBs